Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Thursday, December 31, 2015

QT 31 Dec 15, Heb 6:13-21, We don't love by living for ourselves

Machine generated alternative text:For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews 6:13—20 RSV


NOTE: What are the two unchangeable things that give us hope? God's oath and God's character. We also have this sure and steadfast anchor of the soul. We have salvation in the kingdom. We have a future and a hope. Our life does not consist of this life. There is another life still to come. We don't miss out on anything. No one has given up fields, family, or anything who will not receive 100 times as much in this age and the age to come. We can't lose, so therefore we need to live our lives for others and not for ourselves. We don't really get the peace and happiness we long for by living for ourselves anyway. But when we live for people, experience the joy of the Master. 
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